Tunesday: Alan Parsons Project – Gold Bug
A sample of some obscure – and maybe not obscure – tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.
Today’s selection: Alan Parsons Project – “Gold Bug” 1980
“The Gold Bug” was off Alan Parsons Project’s album “Turn Of A Friendly Card” released in 1980. Alan Parsons himself provides the whistling.
The Alan Parsons Project consisted of Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. An English collaboration formed in 1975, their first album was “Tales of Mystery and Imagination“, based on Edgar Allan Poe’s work as was “Gold Bug“. “Turn Of A Friendly Card” was their 5th album (of 11 total). “I Robot” was their most successful album; “Friendly Card” was 2nd most
Prime Time is my overall favorite, has an outrageous guitar lead.
Listened to Gold Bug several times today and I think the name is inappropriate, but I don’t know the back story.
It’s a cool toon, and stands out, as many Parsons toons do.
They is diffrent.
It’s a bass driven toon and that in itself is unusual and can be difficult to pull off, without the right support. Starts off sounding a little like a Eastwood 60’s sketty western toon then moves quickly into the 80’s, dragging you willingly along the way. I likes!